West Lafayette senior Keegan Sheiss blew away the field in Saturday's 200-yard freestyle at the Zionsville Sectional.

Sheiss touched the wall in 1:42.01, more than two seconds ahead of Zionsville's Jack Donovan and and Red Devil teammate Christian Gutwein to earn the automatic berth in next week's Indiana High School Athletic Association state meet at IU Natatorium in Indianapolis.

Sheiss is the ninth seed in the 200 free and Gutwein, whose time qualified him as well, is the 25th seed.

Frankfort senior Evan Jordan also was an individual sectional champion, winning the 50 freestyle in 21.54 seconds to earn an automatic qualifying spot at state.

Lafayette Jeff's Clayton Vandervate won the diving event with a score of 396.55. Vandervate and West Lafayette's Ben Wassgren advance to Tuesday's diving regional, where the top eight will qualify for the state finals.

McCutcheon's Porfi Vasquez was edged by Zionsville's Corbin Cozad in the 100 butterfly. Cozad outreached Vasquez to win by three-tenths of a second in a time of 52.63 seconds.

Vasquez will compete at the state meet, along with his 200-yard freestyle relay teammates Chase Merrell, Zach Weathers and Jonah McCutcheon after their sectional time of 1:28.50 earned them a call back.

Harrison's Alec LaPlant and Clinton Central's Erik McCarty suffered a similar heartbreak, getting outreached by Zionsville's Holden Bowlds in the 100 free. Bowlds won in 48.96 seconds, while LaPlant and McCarty finished in a tie for runner-up in 49.01 seconds.

Bowlds beat Sheiss in the 100-yard backstroke by three-tenths of a second, but Sheiss time of 52.51 seconds qualified him for the state meet.